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The White House
Regional Inequality Looms as Pressing Threat to Democracy
A group of experts, including the Council's John Austin, Brian Hanson, and Alex Hitch explain why now is the time to rise to a new political, economic, and social challenge rooted in growing regional inequalities.
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REUTERS
President Xi Jinping lifts COVID lockdowns after China protests
The 2022 protests in China have led President Xi Jinping to lift COVID lockdowns. Students held white paper protests to ask for freedom and democracy.
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Hans Vivek
Post-Election, Hong Kongers Remain Mistrustful of Police | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Hong Kongers lose faith and trust in the police after a series of violent protests.
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REUTERS
A Democracy Summit Is Not What the Doctor Ordered
A new administration may find that the summit overloads its circuits at a demanding time.
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Chloe Evans
Global Public Opinion on Continued COVID-19 Response | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The WHO has officially declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic. How is the public reacting around the world?
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Josh Howard
National Elections and the New American City-State | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
As the country splinters along geographic and ideological lines, post-election divisions could portend the rise of a new American city-state movement.
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REUTERS
Council Experts Offer President Biden Foreign Policy Advice | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
From the COVID-19 vaccine to US foreign policy, our experts share their recommendations for the new administration.
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Indian Ministry of External Affairs
The United States and India: Emerging Allies or Necessary Partners? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Indians strongly support the bilateral partnership and anticipate increased US security assistance. But Americans are less enthusiastic about growing ties.
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Inclusion and Equity
The US Shouldn't Ignore the G-7 Gender Equality Recommendations | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains why the United States needs to do more to ensure women are equally represented in legislative bodies.
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Prachatai
A Disputed Election for Lukashenko and an Uncertain Future for Belarusians | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This blog is about Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko and how he remains Belarus' leader, earning him the moniker of the "last dictator in Europe."
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Brian McGowan
Publics Remain Supportive of Policies to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura, Brendan Helm, Jack Benjamin, Eliza Posner explains Public Opinon on Coronavirus for the week of May 6.
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AP Photos
Paths to New Prosperity and a Better Politics in Democracies
Transatlantic leaders can share ideas, tools, and strategies to help bridge economic divides between struggling heartland communities and thriving cities.
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COP21
Green COVID-19 Recovery and Transatlantic Leadership: What Are the Prospects? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A Democratic victory provides an opportunity for transatlantic collaboration, but structures for cooperation among stakeholders in the US need to be revived.
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NIAID
Global Public Opinion Response as COVID-19 Halts Reopening | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council's polling team examines public opinion on COVID-19 from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, France, the UK, Italy, and Israel.
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REUTERS
Democracy Around the World Had a Rough Year. But Don't Give Up.
"The year we’re leaving behind was a bad one for democracy — a reminder that progress is fragile and not inevitable, and that history doesn’t always take a linear path," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.
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Reuters
Tweaking the Inflation Reduction Act Can Strengthen Democracies' Hand
“Made in Democracy” is a better label than “Made in America” if the goal is to strengthen our collective Western economies as well as our political alliances.
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Reuters
Trump Indictment Viewed Abroad as Test of US Democracy
What impact does Trump’s indictment have on the credibility of the US political system? Cecile Shea weighs in on VOA with Cindy Saine.
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Reuters
If Invaded, Will the Taiwan Public Fight? Don't Look to Polls for an Answer | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.
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SIPA USA
How Israeli-Palestinian Peace Continues to Elude Us 75 Years Later | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Public opinion signals the conflict is in dire need of stronger leadership and more practical policies.
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Global Politics
William Ruto Declared Winner in Kenya Presidential Election
Elizabeth Shackleford looks at William Ruto's win in Kenya's presidential election and why it's a good sign for Kenyan democracy.
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AP Photos
From Ukraine to Gaza to Iraq, Chicago's city council has been voting more often on foreign affairs | Chicago City Hall is voting more often on Foreign Affairs
The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.
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Freddie Everett
Ally-shore to Restore US Economic Leadership, Protect Democracy
“By centering our economic and trade relations with our friends, we can drive a more powerful collective recovery,” writes John Austin in Our Towns.
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Reuters
Converging Flu Season and Pandemic Concerns Northern Publics | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Public opinion polls in North America, Europe, and Asia find publics continue to worry about contracting the virus.
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REUTERS
Cooperating, Competing, Confronting: US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation as China Rises | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A report from the Task Force on Trilateral Cooperation Amid China’s Rise recommends a new policy mix that leverages each country’s individual strengths and advantages.
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REUTERS
Public Opinion as COVID-19 Cases Slow in Some Countries, Increase in Others | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council’s polling team examines public opinion on COVID-19 from the United States, France, the UK, Italy, and Canada.
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REUTERS
Profiles of Power: Biden, Xi Discuss "Competition Without Conflict," Climate | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While Biden and Xi met in Bali, the UN's COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is being re-energized by the discussion between the world leaders.
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Public Opinion
Do Non-Trump Republicans Diverge with Trump Republicans on Foreign Policy? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While Republicans share a similar political worldview overall, Trump and Non-Trump Republicans disagree on key policies for immigration, climate change, and nuclear programs.
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US Foreign Policy
How America and Democracies Around the World Can Defeat Illiberalism
America should view its many threats as a collective advance of illiberalism acting against the post-World War II democratically led, rules-based world order.
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Mika Baumeister
Global Public Opinion Shows Support for COVID-19 Prevention Policies | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic includes polling results from around the world.
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Reuters
Biden Says Trump Is Threat to American Democracy
"I think that President Biden, in a way, is mirroring what he senses is a changing attitude in a part of our society," said Cécile Shea.
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US Foreign Policy
The US Role In Assisting Other Democracies
How does the United States use its influence in the global fight for democracy? Elizabeth Shackelford talks US foreign policy, coups, and more on C-SPAN.
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Reuters
Africa Will Test Biden's Democracy Approach
In Africa, “supplying and supporting abusive security forces often directly undermines democracy,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.
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Reuters
Coups Are Happening Where Democracy Is Failing
“Those who want democracy to succeed must help make the case,” argues Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune. Case in point: the US impact on coups.
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Reuters
Ahead of Biden-Moon Summit, South Koreans and Americans Align on China and North Korea | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chicago Council survey data find majorities in South Korea view China as more of a security threat than a security partner and as more of an economic threat than an economic partner.
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Alex Zarubi
Guiding Principles for a Sustainable US Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A joint task force outlines some key principles and judgments in managing the United States' relationships with Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
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Reuters
Industrial Transition and Democracy
John Austin joined the European Committee of the Regions to discuss the link between populism and place, and how populism grows in deindustrialized regions.
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Reuters
Will the World Still Look to America as a Champion of Democracy?
Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, examines how the events at the US Capitol influence US standing abroad.
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AP Photos
2024 Will Be a Year of Elections That Could Reshape Global Politics
"The elections of 2024 could mark an inflection point for democracy globally and, by consequence, international relations," Paul Poast writes.
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Global Health
United States Splits from Global Trend on Abortion Rights
Banning abortion “doesn't look like a particularly democratic move for a country that purports to be a beacon of democracy,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on WGN-9.
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US Foreign Policy
America shrugs while democracy around the world retreats
For the 13th year in a row, freedom declined around the world — with more countries falling down freedom’s ranks than moving up.
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Unsplash
America's Not the Only Place Democracy is Under Siege
Ivo Daalder, Kori Schake and David Sanger discuss the international challenges facing the Biden administration.
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NATO (Flickr)
In Madrid, NATO Must Focus on the Long Term
As NATO meets in Madrid, Ivo Daalder stresses that they must focus on the long term and include "all those in Europe who stand for freedom and democracy."
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Reuters
The US-Israel Relationship Is Special, but Not Indestructible
Ongoing protests to safeguard democracy and a potential war with Iran could call into question US unconditional support for Israel, Paul Poast writes.
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Reuters
Disinformation Casts a Shadow over Brazilian Presidential Elections
"Rumors, lies and misinformation played a decisive role in the first round, and they will play an even greater role in the second," writes Robert Muggah.
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Reuters
US Must "Ally-Shore" to Reassure Partners
John Austin writes in Newsweek how "for economic growth, international security, global political stability and the protection of our democracies—the time for ally-shoring is now!"
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Adam Schultz
Biden's Democracy Summit Was Never a Good Idea. But Here's How to Make It Work.
Bruce Jentleson coauthors four suggestions for mitigating the pitfalls and maybe even pulling off a success at the Summit for Democracy in Politico.
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Reuters
Why Disinformation Could Prove Decisive in Brazil's Election
As the run-off vote looms at the end of October, the far-right’s misinformation machine is going into overdrive, writes Robert Muggah.
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Reuters
In Kenya, Cautious Optimism for the Country's Presidential Election
"Kenyan elections have a troubled history, but with democracy declining across the globe, Kenya this year stands out as a possible ray of hope," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.
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Global Politics
Why France's Presidential Election Will Be Critical for Ukraine
What does the French election mean for global democracy? Council President Ivo Daalder dives in with MSNBC's Alicia Menendez and the New Yorker's David Rhode.
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AP Photos
America’s Political Dysfunction Harms Our Reputation and National Security
“If the United States can’t lead by example as a defender of democracy and the rule of law at home, we’ll have a hard time defending them elsewhere,” says Elizabeth Shackelford.